Mexico City Travel Tips

In a predominantly Christian nation, the celebration of Holy Week means not only Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter, but a week-long celebration for locals and their families. Television networks ...
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Vast Mexico City is a metropolis of epic proportions, a densely populated valley of broad, shady boulevards, vast and crowded markets, skyscraper-studded business districts, and quiet Spanish ...
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One of the largest metropolitan areas in the world, Mexico City is not only the capital of Mexico, but also its cultural, educational and financial hub. Its historic center city is home to many of ...
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Throughout the world, the special blend of Mesoamerican and European cooking (primarily Spanish influence) has led to one of the world?s most popular food stuffs. Officially a UNESCO-recognized item ...
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Originating as an ancient Aztec custom, the Day of the Dead holiday (or Dia de los Muertos) is revered throughout Central America as something of a heady mix between carnival and day of remembrance. ...
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Massive Mexico City has been a power since at least the 13th century, when the awe-inspiring island metropolis of stone fortresses and lush canals was called Tenochtitlán. It was the seat of ...
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Mexico City is known for its fun-loving good times, and the annual Independence Day celebration of Cinco de Mayo is no exception. It was only a few miles away in the neighboring city of Puebla that ...
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The traditional culture of Mexico prevails even in modern times, but to learn more about what life is like in Mexico now, visitors should also check out some of the country?s popular culture ...
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Near the town of Tula de Allende lie the ruins of Tollan, capital of the Toltec empire that thrived from the 9th through the 12th centuries. The Toltecs were known for their military prowess, ...
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Mexico City
is a cultural hub upon which MesoAmerica turns, home to more than 20
million people (in the metropolitan area), 100 major art galleries, the
third largest number of theaters in the ...
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At the center of enormous and chaotic Mexico City, lies a 686-hectare (1695-acre) shady sanctuary of quiet lagoons, groves of trees and grassy expanses covered with families having picnics during the ...
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The Plaza of Three Cultures is weighted with history. It is fitting that the heart of Mexico City?s Tlatelolco neighborhood is now a place of artistic intent and understanding.
The plaza sits atop ...
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Centuries before the Mayans erected their first stone pyramid, and millennia before the Aztecs arrived in what's now Mexico City, a far older civilization began laying the foundations for the rich ...
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Rising dramatically from Mexico City?s posh Polanco District is a gleaming, new, curvaceous structure unlike anything this architecturally innovative city has seen. It is a brand new art museum, ...
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Originally in the south of Mexico City this museum will open to the public the last Monday of March. It was constructed expressly to hold Carlos Slim's art collection (over 60,000 pieces) and will ...
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